Middle School Resource

This lesson has been created for the purpose of reviewing content regarding The Original Thirteen Colonies and the three colonial regions of America with 7th grade students who are studying American History. Therefore, prior lessons pertaining to this topic will be required for students to be successful.

Middle School Resource

A large hanging lens creates upside-down images of distant objects and right-side-up images of nearby objects. You can locate the upside-down images by using a piece of white paper as a screen. The right-side-up images are harder to find.

Middle School Resource

Students will survey the interests of the students on their school’s instructional team, analyze the data from the surveys and recommend clubs, activities, or other school programs to meet those interests. This will help students begin to understand how they can impact the system in which they operate.

Students will demonstrate understanding of basic facts about Christopher Columbus and different theories regarding his background. They will discuss the different experts and resources involved in trying to solve the mystery of Columbus’ background. Finally, they will write their own opinion about Columbus’ background, focusing on three pieces of evidence.

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